ICYMI '18 : In case you missed India

ICYMI:
INDIA QUIZ '18
IIT GUWAHATI
Prelims

Prelims
◦ Written
◦ 15 Questions. 19 marks.
◦ Marks will be carried forward.
◦ Hints at QM's discretion
◦ No copying, googling blah blah...

1. Who wrote this letter to whom?

2. FITB
◦ The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS), with an operational name
of that means "sailor" or "navigator" in Sanskrit, Hindi and many other Indian
languages
◦ It also standing for an autonomous
regional satellite navigation system that provides accurate real-time positioning and timing
services.It covers India and a region extending 1,500 km (930 mi) around it, with plans for further
extension.

4. Which character did they create?
◦ By 1988, Tinkle was already on its way becoming the most popular children’s
magazine in India. Their biggest rival that time was another children magazine
named Target, run by Living Media. Unlike Tinkle, Target was more of a narrative
magazine, with a few pages of comics.
◦ Their flagship character that time was Detective Moochhwala (Hindi for "the man
with a mustache") by Ajit Ninan. Moochhwala who was a detective with
penetrating eyes and a huge mustache.
◦ Tinkle decided to create a competing character. Subba Rao and Dhruva, two of the
creators at Tinkle, came up with the proposal for such a character. They decided to
base this new character on a boastful but cowardly in the then
famous television drama, I Love Lucy.

5. Funda
Technically, there is no provision for referendums in the Indian
constitution.
That is one reason why experts dismissed Arvind Kejriwal’s demand for a
referendum on full statehood for Delhi.
There is however, one instance of a referendum in India that is
sometimes quoted as a precedent.
Why was this referendum held?

7. Which scheme?
The programme was introduced in a large scale in 1960s under the Chief
Ministership of Kamaraj. However, the first major thrust came in 1982 when the
then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. M. G. Ramachandran, decided to
universalise the scheme for all children in government schools.
Although the programme in Tamil Nadu was initially termed as an act
of "populism", the success of the scheme made the project hugely popular.
The success was so spectacular that in 1995, the then Indian Finance minister
Manmohan Singh hailed the success of the project and suggested that the
scheme be implemented all over the country.

8. ID X and Y
X was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. The ship was commissioned as
HMS Hercules for the British Royal Navy during World War II, but construction was put
on hold after the war's end, and she never entered British service. India purchased the
incomplete carrier from the United Kingdom in 1957, and construction was completed in
1961.
X was commissioned as the first aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy and played a key role
in enforcing the naval blockade on East Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
The ship was decommissioned in January 1997 and from 1997 to 2012, she was
preserved as a museum ship in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, until it was closed in 2012 due to
safety concerns. In January 2014, the ship was sold through an online auction and was
scrapped for metal.
In February 2016, Indian auto manufacturer _____ unveiled a new bike made with metal
from X’s scrap and named it Y in honour of X.

9. Who is X?
“Dear Mr X, Namaste from India, we are sending you lots and lots of natural green
tea. It fights against harmful free radicals. It helps purify mind and body and regain
a healthy balance. It has also proven to make people smarter. Please Mr X drink the
tea. For your sake and for the world’s sake,” Kolkata-based Te-A-Me Teas said in a
video explaining the idea of sending green tea to X.
“The message is simple: Mr X, it’s never too late to cleanse yourself,” the company
said a day after its representatives delivered a consignment of some 6,000 green
tea bags to the ____ in New York.
Picture on next slide

10. ID X and Y
X is an intricately constructed stepwell situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat,
India. It is located on the banks of Y River.
X was built as a memorial to an 11th century AD king. It was added to the list of
UNESCO's World Heritage Sites on 22 June 2014.
Stepwells are a distinctive form of subterranean water resource and storage
systems on the Indian subcontinent, and have been constructed since the third
millennium BC.
X was built in the complex Maru-Gurjara architectural style with an inverted temple
and seven levels of stairs and holds more than 500 principle sculptures.

11. What is the logo?
◦ The original inspiration for the logo was taken from the "Endless Knot"
of the Ashta-Mangaas of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
◦ The logo appears asymmetrical and consists of double infinity loops
and anagrams of 2 letters. The logo designed by Anirudh Mehta,
contains 8 symbols.
◦ What is the logo?

12. ID X
◦ X is a recurring character in the TV universe. He has a Ph,D in computer science, is a
vegan, a massive cricket fan and claims to he 5th Beatle.
◦ Recently in a documentary, comedians Hari Kondabolu and Kumail Nanjiani said X had cause
them to suffer a lot of stereotyping in schooland in the community at large.
◦ As similar accusations mount, there are rumours that X will be pulled out of the show for good.
◦ Who is X?

13. ID X and Y
◦ X's first introduction to Y occurred in a literature class at
General Assembly's Institution whn he heard Professor
William Hastie lecturing on William Wordsworth's poem, 'The
Excursion'.While explaining the word "trance" in the poem,
Hastie suggested that his students visit Y to understand the
true meaning of trance.
◦ Thus, the two greats came to meet in November 1881

ICYMI:
INDIA QUIZ '18
Prelims Answers

NAVIC, NAVigation
with Indian Constellation

Failed talks of Flipkart-Snapdeal merger

Rani ki Vaav and Saraswati River

11. What is the logo?
◦ The original inspiration for the logo was taken from the "Endless Knot" of the Ashta-Mangaas of
Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The logo appears asymmetrical and consists of double infinity
loops and anagrams of 2 letters. The logo designed by Anirudh Mehta, contains 8 symbols.
What is the logo?

12.ID X
◦ X is a recurring character in the TV universe. He has a Ph,D in computer science, is a
vegan, a massive cricket fan and claims to he 5th Beatle.
◦ Recently in a documentary, comedians Hari Kondabolu and Kumail Nanjiani said X had cause
them to suffer a lot of stereotyping in schooland in the community at large.
◦ As similar accusations mount, there are rumours that X will be pulled out of the show for good.
◦ Who is X?

13.ID X and Y
◦ X's first introduction to Y occurred in a literature class at General Assembly's Institution whn he
heard Professor William Hastie lecturing on William Wordsworth's poem, 'The Excursion'.While
explaining the word "trance" in the poem, Hastie suggested that his students visit Y to
understand the true meaning of trance.
◦ Thus, the two greats came to meet in November 1881

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Swami
Vivekananda

14. Whom is this dedicated to?

M.F. Hussain 100th anniversary

Dry Pounce
◦ Clock-wise
◦ Direct +10/0
◦ Pounce +20/-10

1. Which website?
◦ Rashmi Sinha grew up in India and earned a PhD in cognitive
neuropsychology at Brown University. She took a course in designing
educational software. She later went to University of California,
Berkeley for a postdoc where she switched her focus to human-
computer interaction. She co-founded Uzanto, a user experience
consulting company and worked on projects for companies like eBay,
Blue Shield, AAA etc.
◦ In 2006, she along with her brother and husband cofounded a website
which has received 9 million uploads

2. ID X
Khushwant Singh in his autobiography talks about X as being a “tall, handsome Bihari who had an
hour with Indira behind closed doors every morning. Yoga lessons may have ended up with
lessons from the Kamasutra.”
This apparent closeness between X and Indira Gandhi has been covered by several biographers
over the years with some even claiming X for the death of Sanjay Gandhi.
X’s proximity to Indira and his penchant for influence-peddling earned him the nickname of
“Indian Rasputin”.
Picture on next slide

3. What was the name of the party?
◦ The party was founded by Punjabi Indians in the United States and Canada in
1913 with the aim of securing India's independence from British rule.
◦ Though predominantly Sikh, the party included members and leaders of many
religions, demonstrating an accepting and democratic attitude towards all
people as they united in their patriotism.
◦ After the conclusion of the war, the party in America split into Communist and
Anti- Communist factions. The party was formally dissolved in 1948.
◦ The party was formally dissolved in 1948

4. FITB
follows its own financial accountability principle. There is no
credit method for running operations in the organization. Every
payment is done on a daily basis, except for the outside supply of raw
material. Profits and losses are shared equally among the members of a
given branch. In the initial days of , the profits of the first six
months were shared equally among all members in the form of gold.
This sharing practice is still in effect, but now the decision whether to
share the profits in gold or in cash is made at the branch level.
Which organization?

Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad

5. ID X and the phrase
X had been fond of using voice-overs to establish themes. Nikaah, which dealt with the laws of
divorce in Muslim society, began with the image of a nude woman taking up the centre of the
screen, before a female voice began an extended commentary on the many roles of a woman. The
opening words were: “_______”.
The narrator in X’s Bahadur Shah Zafar, a personification of Delhi’s Red Fort, was introduced itself
in a familiar manner as “_____”.
When it came to decide upon the opening lines for this famous work of his, X again
followed the same formula and went with “________”. What was it?

B.R. Chopra and "Main Samay Hoon"

6. ID X and How was the consignment
significant?
In 1965, after approvals, a 450 ton consignment of Lerma Rojo & Sonora 64 left to
Pakistan and India but was stopped at Mexico, then went by a 30 truck convoy to
Los Angeles, reaching LA after a detour due to the Watts riots.
At LA, a Mexican bank refused to honour the Pakistani payment of US $100,000 due
to a misspelling on the cheque, but still the shipment was loaded on a freighter and
shipped to Bombay and Karachi.
12 hours into the ship’s journey, war broke out and X received a telegram from
Pakistan minister Malik Bucha “I’m sorry to hear you are having trouble with my
check, but I've got troubles, too. Bombs are falling on my front lawn. Be patient, the
money is in the bank ...”

Norman Borlaug and The first
dwarf spring wheat strains that
started the Green Revolution in
India & Pakistan

7. ID X
◦ After independence, Bhopal was one of the last states to sign the Instrument of Accession
as Nawab Hamidullah Khan made an effort to retain Bhopal as a separate unit which ignited
agitations against him in December 1948, leading to the arrest of prominent leaders
including X on 23 January 1949.
◦ X was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for violating restrictions on public meetings.
Later, the political detainees were released as the Nawab signed the agreement for merger on
30 April 1949.
◦ X became the Chief Minister (1952–1956) of Bhopal, and later Union Cabinet Minister
(1956–1967), holding the portfolios of Education, Law, Public Works, Industry and
Commerce, National Resources and Separate Revenue.
◦ He was the President of the Indian National Congress in 1972–1974 and returned to the
government as Union Minister for Communications from 1974 to 1977.

8. ID X and what was the significance?
◦ On 10th January 2012, Bayern Munich played a mid-season match, the Audi Football
Summit at the Nehru Stadium, Delhi.
◦ The match was played against the team X, which they went to win a score of 4-0. The four-
time UEFA Champions League winners, scored through Mario Gomez (14th minute),
Thomas Mueller (29th and 37th) and Bastian Schweinsteiger (43rd).
◦ The German side started with their first eleven except for Franck Ribery and toyed with the
Home team, attacking almost at will.
◦ What was the significance of this match and against whom was it played?

Played against the Indian National team
and it was the Farewell match of
Baichung Bhutia

Written Round
◦ 5 questions (+10/0 and stake +15/-5)
◦ Inspiration of the Doodles

Inspiration and Name of the painting

Answers
◦Amrita Sher-Gill, Three Girls.
◦Mario Miranda
◦Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
◦Mrinalini Sarabhai
◦Jagjit Singh

Dry Pounce
◦ Anti-clockwise
◦ Direct +10/0
◦ Pounce +20/-10

10. What was the ocassion? Who is X and
what was the gift misinterpreted as?
From a 2007 article in The Telegraph by Pamela Hicks, daughter of Lord
Mountbatten : “It was 1947 and I received a letter asking to be by her side and was
honoured to accept. I nearly did not make it as my father had just become the
Governor General. With the riots, there was a lot of anxiety but eventually we were
allowed to go to Britain for 10 days. Before we left, my parents saw X, who wanted
to give a present but had no possessions to give. My father, however knew he still
had something with him and requested if it could be used to make a gift, that
would be the equivalent of the Crown Jewels. This was done and when we took it
to Britain, the Queen wrongly thought it was a ________ and hence “a most
indelicate gift and horrible thing.”

11. ID X and which post is being talked
about?
◦ X held the highest post of India's X’s name became synonymous with transparency
and efficiency. When he managed to stamp his authority on the country's by largely
cleaning up mess in the system.
◦ An Indian Administrative Service officer, X earlier served as the 18th Cabinet
Secretary in 1989. He won the Magsaysay award for government service in 1996.
He contested for the post of President of India in 1997 and lost to K.R. Narayanan.
◦ He is often known for his crisp one-liners, be it during his service to his superiors
and ministers or while facing the media.
◦ A Delhi journalist who watched X conduct a “town hall” meeting in election days
remembers that he handled the audience with great skill. Dressed in a loose kurta0
and pyjama, he was direct and crisp, and impatient with long-winded questions. His
punch line for the evening was: “Tu cheez badi hai bhrasht bhrasht”

T.N. Seshan, 10th Chief Election
Commissioner of India

12. What was the site chosen for?
◦ It is believed that the sage Dhadichi, tired of safeguarding the Devas’ weapons,
dissolved them in water and drank it. When the Devas required the weapons to
fight the Asuras, Dhadichi realised that the weapons were part of his bones, and so
he willingly gave up his life, so that Brahma could fashion weapons to defeat the
Asuras.
◦ According to legend, he made this sacrifice, to help fight a righteous war, at a
particular place in India. For this reason among others, the site was chosen for
something else in 1917. What?

It's the place where Sabarmati Ashram is
situated

13. ID X and Y
◦ X is a persian word, used as a respected title for persons who have acheived mastery
over languages. It became a surname for people whose ancestors had received this
title.
◦ In modern Persian, this word is also used to address Clerks and secretaries Abdul
Karim was a valued Indian servant of Queen Victoria who was often known as the “X”.
The close relation between him and the queen led to friction in the royal household
and he was sent back to India after her death.
◦ X Y , was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is
considered the first Hindi writer whose writings prominently featured realism. He
wrote on social issues such as poverty and the Zamindari system.

Hind Desh ke
Niwasi
Birds shown (clockwise)
• Papiha
• Bulbul
• Koyal

15. ID the location X
◦ X is located at about 5000m in the Himalayan Range of Uttarakhand. In
1942 a forest guard H.K Madhwal stumpled upon hundreds of human
skeletons on the banks of X
◦ Carbon Dating of the corpses puts them between 12th and 15th CE.
The fact that intrigued the investigators has that there was no
historical account of any such past incident on the trade route to Tibet.
These Skeletons are believed to be of pilgrimages of Kannauj on their
way to Nanda devi.

16. FITB and Funda
◦ This is Lal Bihari , born in 1955 is
an Indian farmer and activist from Amilo,
in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. He
fought with Indian bureaucracy for 19 years
for justice.
◦ Meanwhile, he added to his name,
and founded Sangh, the Uttar
Pradesh Association of , to
highlight other cases like his.
◦ He stood (unsuccessfully) for election
against Rajiv Gandhi in 1989, In 1994 justice
finally prevailed for him.
◦ What was the injustice he suffered?

Lal Bihari Mritak was officially dead
between 1975 and 1994.

Long Connect
◦ Written
◦ 5 Questions (+15/0)

◦Uchhaishravas, Vahan of Sun
◦Airavata, Vahan of Indra
◦Kamadhenu, Mother of all holy Cows

◦Parijat
◦Kaustubha
◦Sharanga

ID first two and Funda of third
(+40/-20)

◦Dhanvantari, God of Ayurveda
◦Chandra
◦Shiva drinking Halahala

Samudra Manthan
◦ There were three categories of Goddesses which emerged from the ocean;
◦ Lakshmi: the Devi of Fortune and Wealth, who accepted Vishnu as Her eternal consort.
◦ Apsaras: various divine nymphs like Rambha, Menaka, Punjisthala etc., who chose the Gandharvas as their companions.
◦ Varuni: taken - somewhat reluctantly (she appeared dishevelled and argumentative) - accepted the Asuras.
◦ Likewise, threetypes of supernatural animals appeared:
◦ Kamadhenu or Surabhi (Sanskrit: kāmadhuk): the wish-granting cow, taken by Brahma and given to the sages so that the ghee from her milk could be used for Yajnaand
similar rituals.
◦ Airavata and several other elephants, taken by Indra.
◦ Uchhaishravas: the divine seven-headed horse, given to Bali.
◦ Three valuables were also produced:
◦ Kaustubha: the most valuable Ratna in the world, worn by Vishnu.
◦ Parijat: the divine flowering tree with blossoms that never fade or wilt, taken to Indraloka by the Devas.
◦ Sharanga: a powerful bow, symbolic of the Asuras' belligerence.
◦ Additionally produced were;
◦ Chandra: the moon which adorned Shiva's head.
◦ Dhanvantari: the Vaidya of the Devas' with Amrita, the nectar of immortality. (At times, considered as two different Ratna)
◦ Halahala: the poison swallowed by Shiva.

Thank You!
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